Golf club



March 1', 1927. 1,619,566

R. L. CRANKSHAW GOLF CLUB Filed p '7. 1926 w I i I Patented Mar. 1, 1927.

UNITED STATES 1,619,566 PATENT OFFICE.

RICHARD LOUIS CRAN'KSHAW, OF DUNLEvV Y, GWEEDORE, IRELAND.

GOLF CLUB.

Application filed September 7, 1926, Serial No. 134,016, and in Great Britain September 14, 1925.

a ball with the centre of the driving face, i

the chief cause of this being there is no indication or mark to enable the player to sight the ball accurately with the centre of the driving face. The object of my invention is to provide a club which will obviate this defect.

Heretofore with old fashioned clubs in which the head is attached to the handle in substantially the same manner as an ordinary hammer head, it has been proposed to make the heads of substantiallytriangular section, the handle being connected to the centre of one face of the head, but with the innovation of the modern form of club in which the handle or shaft extends from a corner of the driving face of the head or from one side of the head, the head generally has a flat sole, although heretofore it has been proposed to provide a convex sole struck from a fairly large radius. A continuously curved or convex sole however does not accurately distinguish the centre of the driving face whereas my invention as incorporated with the modern type of club brings into accurate prominence the vertical centre line of the driving face.

According to my invention, a modern type of golf club head is characterized in that the base comprises two surfaces, one of which slopes downwards from approximately the point at which the shaft merges into the head and meets the other sloping surface, at a point in alignment with substantially the vertical centre line of the driving face, thereby providing a substantially V-sha'ped lower edge for the driving face.

According to the preferred embodiment-- of my invention, the head of the club is not provided with the customary flat base but has a substantially V-shaped base, the apex of which is on the vertical centre line of the driving face. The angle of the V is preferably a fairly wide one, for instance 120, and the two fiat sides constituted by the V preferably merge into the rear of the club so as to give the head of the club the appearance of the conventional club now in use. The apex of the V may be slightly rounded so as to avoid a sharp edge, and the angle of the driving face in relation to the shaft may be parallel with the shaft or at an angle to the shaft so as to bring the apex of the V into prominence. A metal protector is preferably fitted over the V so that the apex does not wear quickly. I

By means of my invention itis possible for a player to sight a ball correctly by aligning the apex of the V with the vertical centre line of the ball. If desired the drivmg face may also-have a very shallow'concave V-shaped configuration the apex, of the V coinciding with the V on the base of the club- However in practice I prefer to have a flat driving face. I

In order that this invention may be clearly understood and readily carried into practice I have appended hereto a sheet of drawings illustrating same, wherein Fig. 1 is a front view of the driving face of the club. Fig. 2 is a plan view, and

Fig. 3 is an underneath view.

Referring to the drawings, it will be seen that the head 1, of the club is not provided with the customary fiat base but has a substantially V-shaped base, the apex of which is on the vertical centre line of the driving face 2. The angle of the V is preferably a fairly wide one, for instance 120, and the two flat. sides 3-3 constituted by the V preferably merge into the rear of the club as at 4 so as to give the head of theclub the appearance of the conventional club now in use. The apex of the V may be slightly rounded as shown so .as to avoid .a sharp edge, and the angle of the driving face 2 in' relation to the axis of the shaft 5 maybe parallel with the axis of the shaft' or at an angle to the axis of the shaft so as to bring the apex of the V into prominence as shown in Fig. 2. A metal protector 6is preferably fitted over the V so that the apex does not wear quickly.

By means of my invention it is possible for a player to sight a ball correctly by aligning the apex of the V with the vertical centre line of the ball. If desired the driv ing face may also have a very shallow V- shaped configuration the apex or the V co inciding with the V on the base of the club. However in practice I prefer to have a fiat driving face. A filling 7 of hard material is preferably fitted into the driving face.

What I claim is 2-- 1. A modern type of golf club head, a base comprising two surfaces, one of which ing face being at an angle to the axis of the shaft of the club so as to bring into prominence the centre of the front edge of the base.

2. A modern type of golf club head, a.

base comprising two surfaces, one of which slopes downwards from approximately the point at which the shaft merges into the,

- head and meets the other sloping surface at a rounded point in alignment with substantially the vertical centre line of the driving face, thereby providing a substantially,

V-shaped lower edge, with a rounded apex for the driving face, the driving face being at an angle to the axis of the shaft of the club so as to bring into prominence the centre of the front edge of the base.

base comprising two surfaces, one of which "slopes downwards from approximately the point at which the shaft merges into'the head and meets the other sloping'surface at, a point in alignment with substantially the vertical centre line of the driving face,

thereby providing a substantially V-shaped lower edge for the driving face, the base of the club being fitted with a substantially V- shaped metal plate to prevent quick wear.

4:. A modern type of golf club head, a base comprising two surfaces, one of which slopes downwards from approximately the point at'which the shaft merges into the head and meets the other sloping surface at a rounded point in alignment with substantially the vertical centre line of the driving face, thereby providing a substantially V- shaped lower edge,with a rounded apex, for i the driving face, the base ofthe club being fitted with a substantially V-shaped metal plate to prevent quick wear.

base, comprising two surfaces, one of which slopes downwards from approximately the inence the centre of the front edge of the base, the base of the club being fitted with substantially V-shaped metalplate to prevent quick wear.

6. .A modern type of golf clubhead, a

base comprising two surfaces, one of which slopes downwards from approximatelyrthe point atcwhich the shaft merges into the head and meets the other sloping surface at a rounded point in alignment with substantially the vertical centre line of the driving face, thereby providing a substantially V- shaped lower edge, with a rounded apexfor the driving face, the driving face being at anangle to the .axisjof theshaftof the club so as to bring into prominence the centre of the front edge of the base, the base of the club being fitted -with a substantially- V-shaped metal plate to prevent quick wear. 3. A. modern type of golf club head, a

7. A modern type of golf club head, a base comprising two surfaces, one of which slopes downwards from approximately the point at which the shaft merges into the dread and ;,mee tstheother sloping'surface "of therlrivingwface of the club being fitted -with a filling ofhard wearing material ,8. A modern type of golf clubv head, a

base comprising two surfaces, one of which slopes downwards from approximately the point at which the shaft merges into the head and meets the other sloping surface at aroundied point in alignment with substantially the vertical centre line of the driving face, thereby providing a substantially V-shaped lower edge, with a rounded apex, forthe driving face, the base of the club being -,fitt e d r with; a substantially V l shaped metal plate to prevent quick wear, 5. A modern type of golf club head, a

the apex of the driving face of the club .being fitted with a filling of hard wearing material. 7

In witness hereof I have signed this specification.

RICHARD Louis CRANKSHAW. 

